Campus Construction Update: Oct. 1, 2010
With the Garcelon Field dedication and inaugural game just days away, it’s a race to the goal line for the R.A.D. Sports crew renovating the facility. Meanwhile, Hedge Hall is gaining headroom while Roger Williams Hall embiggens its footprint.
What’s left to be done in the renovation of Garcelon Field? “Just a whole lot of loose ends,” says project manager Mike Gustin. Read more about the race to the goal line.
So here we were contemplating the renovation of Hedge and Roger Williams halls and thinking, Steel, baby, steel! It’s all about the steel! — But that’s so two weeks ago. Because now it’s all about the wood. Read more about the renovations of Hedge and Roger Williams halls.
Can we talk? Campus Construction Update welcomes your questions, reminiscences and comments about campus improvements. Please e-mail staff writer Doug Hubley at this E-mail, stating “Construction Update” in the subject line.
View a sequential slide show of the construction of the Garcelon Field grandstand by clicking the thumbnails below:
One in a series of images of the Garcelon Field grandstand construction taken by Judson Peck '11 between Sept. 14 and 24.
One in a series of images of the Garcelon Field grandstand construction taken by Judson Peck '11 between Sept. 14 and 24.
One in a series of images of the Garcelon Field grandstand construction taken by Judson Peck '11 between Sept. 14 and 24.
One in a series of images of the Garcelon Field grandstand construction taken by Judson Peck '11 between Sept. 14 and 24.
One in a series of images of the Garcelon Field grandstand construction taken by Judson Peck '11 between Sept. 14 and 24.
View a slide show of the renovations of Hedge and Roger Williams halls by clicking the thumbnails below:
Though most of the Hedge Hall roof will be replaced, this section where the turret meets the regular roof slope has been left essentially intact. Photographed Sept. 29, 2010.
Lumber stockpiled on the south side of Hedge Hall. Image created Sept. 29, 2010.
A power shovel parked next to Hedge Hall. The gray fuzzy stuff on the girders at image top is fireproofing. The arched windows in the background will be filled in and hidden behind interior walls. Photographed Sept. 29, 2010.
A worker fastens wood to steel on the roof of Hedge Hall. Image created Sept. 29, 2010.
This image taken Sept. 29, 2010, shows how the center section of the new Hedge Hall roof will be flat.
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